Splinter Weapon Question+Chest Question

Moonstalker

Moonstalker

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Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

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06 Feb 2011 at 07:31 - 1
Do heroes cast Splinter Weapon on Minions by chance? I like to run without any melee NPCs in my group because I have, what, 20 minions most of the time, and that's enough melee for me, but I'm wondering if I should kick Splinter out if it's not worth it, or even kick a caster out and put a melee in if it is.
(Discord, by the way, so it's about 35 damage for Splinter, not 50+ with a Rit)

And:
Where do Bo Staves drop via chests, if at all?

Thanks in advance!

Rites

Rites

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Deep in the belly of Texas

R/

06 Feb 2011 at 07:48 - 2
i haven't seen it happen to me, but i have read rumors that splinter has been cast on minions once in a while.

Chrisworld

Chrisworld

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Join Date: Aug 2010

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06 Feb 2011 at 07:56 - 3
I checked it out over on the wiki. Here's what some people had to say:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Talk:..._Weapon#Heroes

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Heroes

Heroes don't seem to be using it on minions, can anyone confirm? Maybe a note should be added to the page? 83.19.198.26 11:53, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Since nobody bothered, I confirmed it myself. Even in a team with no melee members, heroes will never cast Splinter Weapon on minions, even their own, preferring to use it on casters instead... This sucks. 83.13.6.210 22:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

They seem to prioritize anyone with martial weapons, but unfortunately that doesn't work well enough either. I often get Splinter Weapon cast on me (me being a Monk wielding a Spear+Shield), even when the party has an actual fighter such as Warrior or Dervish. Once I swap to a staff or wand set, the heroes start correctly casting on the other members with martial weapons.--Sensei 17:11, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
It looks like as long as ALL of your actual party members wield stave class weapons, the minions will be prioritized, otherwise any party member with a physical type weapon will have the highest priority.

Dzjudz

Dzjudz

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06 Feb 2011 at 13:51 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moonstalker View Post
Do heroes cast Splinter Weapon on Minions by chance?
Since May 2010.

Quaker

Quaker

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

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06 Feb 2011 at 15:22 - 5
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Originally Posted by Moonstalker View Post
Where do Bo Staves drop via chests, if at all?
I don't know if they pop from chests, but here's a link to where they drop from foes. If they do come from chest, it would probably be in the same areas.

http://www.guildwiki.org/Bo_Staff